Upon hearing the name ‘Lu Wei,’ Su Li’s heart trembled again.
After ending the call with Xu Anran, she settled back onto the sofa.
She had barely sat down for a moment when Lu Wei’s call came through, his tone sounding somewhat urgent.
“Su Li, where are you right now?”
Su Li dared not interpret his urgency as concern; she didn’t let herself think too much.
Taking a deep breath, she said, “Do you know ‘Prosperous Group’?”
“Yes, your fiancé’s company, right?”
When he mentioned ‘fiancé,’ Su Li paused briefly, then softly acknowledged with a hum, “I’m on the 48th floor; everyone has left for the day, and it’s so dark.”
“Okay, don’t panic, I’ll be right there.
You just stay put, all right?”
Lu Wei’s voice was pleasant and tender, like a gentle breeze dispersing the fear in her heart.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”
Waiting times always seem long, but Su Li was enjoying the process.
As time ticked by, suddenly, a ‘ding’ sounded in the silent night, strikingly clear and particularly frightening.
Su Li immediately stood up, opened the door of the reception room, and called out, “I’m here.”
The lights outside also lit up, and Lu Wei, accompanied by two security guards, approached her, looking at her pale face, Lu Wei asked softly, “Are you all right?”
Su Li shook her head, “I’m fine.”
“Let’s go.”
As Su Li and Lu Wei left the company, she hadn’t even had time to thank Lu Wei when they were suddenly bombarded by several people brandishing cameras, snapping wildly at them.
Being from the entertainment industry, Lu Wei was accustomed to the cameras, but Su Li, unaccustomed to such a scene, stared at the lenses in surprise.
If not for Lu Wei pulling her swiftly into the car, who knows what the reporters might’ve pressed her to reveal.
Lu Wei’s vehicle was a nanny car, and as soon as the two were inside, the driver swiftly drove away, leaving the reporters far behind.
Su Li dumbly looked back at the people they had evaded, finally breathing a long sigh of relief when she saw they weren’t being followed.
“Lu Wei, will this…
have any impact on you?”
Lu Wei shrugged nonchalantly, “It’s okay, I’m used to it.”
“Today, thank you.
If not for you, I might have been stuck there all night.”
At this, Lu Wei couldn’t help but laugh, turning to ask, “Speaking of which, how did you end up there?
And all alone?”
Su Li scratched her head awkwardly, forcing an embarrassed smile, “Well, it’s a bit embarrassing, let’s not talk about it.”
“Alright, I won’t ask.
But you haven’t had dinner yet at this time, have you?”
She wasn’t feeling hungry until he brought it up, but now her stomach was growling fiercely.
Seeing the expression on her face, Lu Wei knew exactly what was going on and instructed the driver to head to a nearby restaurant.
After the two finished dinner, Lu Wei drove her home.
As Su Li got out of the car, she pursed her lips and said, “Regardless, I still want to thank you for today.
Next time you’re free, I’ll treat you to a meal.”
“Alright, hurry inside.”
“Okay, be careful on the road.”
For Su Li, it was a suspenseful night but also a blissful one.
What she never expected was that overnight, she would top the gossip magazine’s headlines.